All posts tagged Dayna Grayson

GUEST MENTOR Dayna Grayson, partner at NEA: Broad initial marketing efforts come from a good, albeit misdirected, place – entrepreneurs get overly excited that they can finally release the product. They are the first mover and want to secure the spot in the market. Growing fast is indeed critical, but it will only be successful if that growth is deliberate. All too often entrepreneurs go early and big with announcements and press, only to find that something is horribly wrong with the product… Read More »

GUEST MENTOR Dayna Grayson, partner at NEA: As entrepreneurs, we often think we know our businesses better than anyone else. If you’re building something completely brand new and innovative, you are the de facto expert. However, if you can’t get the idea across in just a couple of sentences, you have some more work to do. The simplest, clearest and best elevator pitches include the following. … Read More »

GUEST MENTOR Dayna Grayson, partner at NEA: My advice to any student who wants to learn entrepreneurship is that there is only one way: Start a company. You will learn more in the first month than you could ever learn by studying others. I’m not suggesting that aspiring entrepreneurs should skip higher education or drop out on a whim. .. Read More »

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For aspiring or actual entrepreneurs, The Accelerators is an online archive of discussion among startup mentors– entrepreneurs, angel investors and venture capitalists. Although the blog is no longer being updated, its content lives here and you can see an archive of its tweets through June 2015 @wsjstartup.